CINNCINATI, OHIO — There was plenty of misty fog from all of the air freshener being used in the locker room at Paul Brown Stadium, as the University of South Florida tried to remove the stench of a bad game.
As great, as the comeback win was against the University of Tulsa, this game against the University of Cincinnati was the complete opposite.
Everything and every phase of the game wa...

TAMPA, Fla. — There among the crowd of 18,744 sitting in H.A. Chapman Stadium, under the blue Oklahoma sky and the wild north wind whipping across the prairie, your old buddy Uncle Mel watched a football team finally mature right before his eyes out on Skelly Field.
Uncle Mel and a group football fans representing the great Bull Nation witnessed the great Tulsa comeback.
Trailing by 20 po...

TAMPA, Fla. — Growing and maturing are some words that describe what is happening to the University of South Florida defense.
As a unit, at the beginning of the season, this squad had a lot of questions to be answered but Bulls’ football coach Willie Taggart and his Defensive Coordinator Chuck Bresnahan have shown enough patient to become saints, waiting for this group to become a force...

TULSA, Okla. — University of South Florida football coach Willie Taggart is teaching his team that to be a better football team. He is teaching how the Bulls have to overcome and handle adversity.
Saturday morning, on Skelly Field located at H.A. Chapman Stadium the home of the University of Tulsa, the Bulls were looking at halftime score of 27-7, going into the locker room but at the end...

TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida football coach Willie Taggart and his football team have reached the mid-season of the current football season and the question is, are the Bulls making strides to improve as a football team?
Saturday morning the Bulls will be playing the University of Tulsa at H.A. Chapman Stadium starting at 11 a.m. in Tulsa, and will be bringing there 2-4 o...

TAMPA, Fla. — Do you know what is good coming down with the flu-nothing!
Do you know what is good about the University of South Florida losing 28-17, to East Carolina University, at Raymond James Stadium in front of a very enthusiastic crowd of 31,567 celebrating homecoming-the same as being sick with the flu-nothing.
Your old green-to-the-gills Uncle Mel fought hard but lost his battle w...

TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida football team is ready to go back to work. There is nothing like the bye week, a chance for a team to rest and recuperate and for University of South Florida football coach Willie Taggart, a chance to evaluate his team.
There is always room for improvement, especially from the wide receivers, tight ends and the running backs and one player tha...

TAMPA, Fla. — The bus limp quietly back home after the 27-10, defeat against the University of Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. As the bus slowly creeps up to the garage and the hissing sound of the air brakes being applied, the bus stopped, the door opened and the Bulls departed and went their way back to their dorm rooms.
Your old Uncle Mel woke up by all of the commotion...

TAMPA, Fla. — They gave it that good old college try!
The University of South Florida went on the road for the first time this season but they fell 24-10, against the University of Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium.
At half time both teams left the field and went into the locker room tied 3-3, and the Bulls were feeling pretty good about the situation.
Remember though, there are two halv...

TAMPA, Fla. — Your old Uncle Mel sat in the rain last Friday night and watched the University of South Florida slip and slide to a 17-14, victory against American Athletic Conference foe, the University of Connecticut.
Soaked to the bone and really chilling, your old buddy finally got on board the bus.
The driver and football coach for the Bulls, Willie Taggart told your old pal Uncle Mel...

TAMPA, Fla. — The feeling of content after Friday night’s 17-14, victory against the University of Connecticut made the week end a little bit better and brighter for University of South Florida football coach Willie Taggart and the Bulls. The rain that fell and soaked the playing surface at Raymond James Stadium could not dampen the smile or that happy feeling from Taggart.
Even after t...

TAMPA, Fla. — Under the bright Friday nights light and the television spotlight for the University of South Florida at home inside Raymond James Stadium. The University of South Florida welcomed to the wet and soggy field the University of Connecticut.
Tonight there will be no hot sun beating down on the fans or players just the cool refreshing feeling of a mist falling from the overcast ...